This was only the 2nd time in over 10 years I've caught somebody lifting off from Runway One One. The 747 wouldn't be able to make the turn to avoid Pt Loma if it had used Two Nine, so it made a downwind take off and took off towards the town. The C-17 came in from Bangor, which is where the 747 was headed. A legacy Hornet on a test hop after coming out of the rework facility and VRM-30's only CODsprey rounded out the afternoon.